Welcome to the list - if you have Firetail Gudgeons then you should find
them quite hardy. Only the males have the red fins while the females have
pink bellies and a black anal spot. Males also have more elongated fins,
more colour overall, and when mature have a thicker head. They are lurkers
and minor carnivores so need meaty and live foods to stop them from being
fin-nippers. They will tolerate most water parameters ( hardness from 0 to
300 or more ppm, pH from 5 to 8, temp from 60 to 90 F) and usually spawn
after a significant temperature rise, but fry are smallish and need careful
feeding. Unfortunately very few aquarists have bothered to try very hard.
Hypseleotris galii is the scientific name.
Regards,
Bruce.
Bruce Hansen, A.N.G.F.A., Advancing Australian Aquatics.
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott McFarland <discusboy at theglobe.com>
To: <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, 12 June 1999 7:00
Subject: [RML] (No Subject)
>
> Hello all,
> After about a month of lurking in the shadows of this list I bare my face
to the light. I read the e-mails yesterday about the Gudgeons. I just
picked up a pair two days ago. The dealer couldn't tell me much about them.
(read anything) I think I have them identified as the flame-tail. Can you
all give me some advice on keeping them?
> Right now they are in a large tank with a school of 12 Celebese Rainbows,
and a white-cheek gobie.
> Sorry for lack of scientific names, I am doing this spur of the moment.
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
> Scott McFarland
> Kenosha, WI
> discusboy at theglobe.com
>
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